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Episode 17 of Jake versus Japan continues the journey of our heros through the region of Kansai. Everyone needs to rest sometimes and we happend to find the cheapest and most awkward place! In this episode we take a look at the Japanese Capsule Hotel. Hilarity ensues. Music in this episode: Well It's Alright, I Believe - Brian Factor

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...type of cheap accommodation option in Shanghai, although claustrophobia sufferers may find it unsuitable. The city's first capsule hotel will be opened near the north square of Shanghai Railway Station in Zhabei district this year, according to Xia Quangen,...
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People's Daily Online
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http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/7049559.html

With hotel costs getting expensive, I decided staying a night in a cheap capsule hotel in Osaka wouldn't be such a bad idea... and it wasn't. It was actually a rather nice hotel for the price. Provided you don't mind sharing bathing space and don't get claustrophobic easily.

(Text from: www.ajanaku.org) I love traveling! If it is for business or for pleasure, I just cant get enough! But what makes or breaks the trip is usually the hotel I am staying in. I have had the pleasure to stay in two great hotels these past few months, citizenM and The Leela. I think I have now found the next hotel on my list, 9 hours in Japan. 9 hours is a japanese capsule hotel with a difference. The latest Monocle report takes you on a tour trough the hotel and its great communication. It reminds me a lot of the concept behind citizenM, but with a twist. They expect you to stay just 9 hours in the hotel, 1 hour to shower, 7 hours to sleep, and 1 hour to rest. 1 hour shower! THANK YOU! For images go to www.ajanaku.nl

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Capsule hotels are almost symbolic of urban Japan: minimal to the point of austerity; bizarre to the point of alienation. Anyone who has stayed in one knows the drill; you check in usually on a floor in a multi-story building, before proceeding to your
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Trends in Japan
http://www.japantrends.com/third-spaces-capsule-hotels-and-9h/

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...mailed to. They also plan to enlist all the people who have put their memories in the Time Capsule and their recipients in the hotel’s official website. The idea is to draw people to Nepal and collect their souvenirs. But in case they are not here, the items...
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Republica
http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=12772

The last of my 3 act series on my Hiroshima trip. In this video I show my capsule hotel, the annual Hiroshima Food Festival 2009, and Hiroshima Castle. Photos from the video available here: www.delbertmon.com

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...the cultural differences it's still a wonder why Japanese capsule hotels haven't made their way to big U.S. cities like New York and Chicago. Perhaps a new take on the capsule hotel by Panasonic and designers Masaaki Hiromura and Takaaki Nakamura will inspire...
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Dvice
http://dvice.com/archives/2009/07/panasonic-rolls-1.php